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- IPA(key): /ɟ͡ʝaʀum/, /ɟ͡ʝarum/
*zaʀum
- needle
- Pazeh: daxem
- Thao: lhalhum
- Atayal: rom
- Kavalan: lazum
- Paiwan: djaum
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *zaʀum
- Proto-Philippine: *daʀum (see there for further descendants)
- Greater Barito
- North Bornean
- Northeast Sabahan
- Southwest Sabahan
- Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Rejang: dolom
- Malayo-Sumbawan
- Proto-Chamic: *jarum (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Malayic: *jarum (see there for further descendants)
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
- Old Javanese: dom
- South Sulawesi
- Bugis–Tamanic
- Makassaric
- Seko
- Northern
- Mandar: rarung
- Massenrempulu
- Pitu Ulunna Salu
- Toraja
- Celebic
- Saluan–Banggai
- Tomini–Tolitoli
- Kaili–Pamona
- Muna–Buton
- Bungku–Tolaki
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
- Bima: ndau
- Sumba–Flores
- Timoric
- Kei–Tanimbar
- Palauan: rasm < *racum
- Oceanic: *saʀum
- Admiralty Islands
- St. Matthias
- Western Oceanic
- North New Guinea
- Meso-Melanesian
- Central–Eastern Oceanic
- Southeast Solomonic
- Bugotu–Gela
- Malaita–Makira
- Central Pacific
- East Fijian-Polynesian
- Fijian: sau
- Proto-Polynesian: *hau (see there for further descendants)
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*zaRum”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI